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Wednesday, September 12, 2007

When I first considered starting a blog, I was afraid that I would build it and no one would come. But time has proven me wrong. According to my site meter, lots of readers have been stopping by. It's really amazing to see where they come from: other towns in NJ, Florida, Washington, Wisconsin, Michigan, Arizona, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Massachusetts, Alabama, California, Indiana, and so on. They also come from out of the USA: Berlin, Nova Scotia, Montreal, Australia, Spain. Interesting, too, to see how they get here. Most come via some other blogger's blogroll, so clearly the blogroll enhances traffic in the blogosphere. A number have found their way here via Google searches. I've had a few visitors as a result of posting the Louise Gluck poem. A few Google searches on "voice and tone" have also brought visitors. And finally, some visitors get over here by first going to my website and using the link there. Whoever you are, wherever you are, and however you got here, I'm happy to have you here!

Another spot of good news: Ed Byrne has included me and one of my poems from the current issue of Valparaiso Poetry Reviewamong the three nominees for another Best of the Net collection, this one from Dancz Books. The winners will have their poems appear in a print collection. Check out the poems:Jared Carter: “Prophet Township”

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About Me

I live and write poetry in New Jersey. My most recent book is The Crafty Poet: A Portable Workshop. I am also the author of three full-length books, most recently Temptation by Water (Wind Pub, 2010). My second collection, What Feeds Us, received the 2006 Quentin R. Howard Poetry Prize. I am also the author of Eve's Red Dress and two chapbooks, Against Perfection and Greatest Hits 1997-2010. My poems appear in a number of anthologies such as Garrison Keillor's Good Poems for Hard Times and in such journals as Harvard Review, Spoon River Poetry Review, and Prairie Schooner. My poems have been featured on Poetry Daily, Verse Daily, and The Writer’s Almanac.

What Feeds Us

Eve's Red Dress

Readings

Saturday, March 28, 2015, Girl Talk: A Poetry Reading in Celebration of Women's History Month, with more than two dozen women poets, West Caldwell Public Library, 30 Clinton Rd., West Caldwell, NJ, 1:00 - 4:00 PM